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Funkstown Plus – Oppenheimer: Edward Teller and GWU
By Frank Leone Oppenheimer is a beautifully filmed and thought-provoking movie about the “father of the atomic bomb.” Among the...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jul 31, 20232 min read
Funkstown Plus - German-American Friendship Garden
By Frank Leone The FBA Newsletter and our regular Funkstown column is on summer break until September 2023, but we will provide these...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jul 1, 20231 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Own Walt Whitman Park
By Frank Leone In recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, we want to call attention to the little-known Walt Whitman Park, in Foggy Bottom....
Foggy Bottom Association
Jun 18, 20233 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Hidden Landmark: Braddock’s Rock
By Frank Leone As you take the on-ramp to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge to Arlington, you may notice what appears to be a round stone...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jun 3, 20233 min read
Funkstown - The Real Story of Jacob Funk
We are thrilled to provide this Guest Column by Virginia R. Nuta, a descendant of Jacob Funk, who recently presented at the D.C. History...
Foggy Bottom Association
May 2, 20236 min read
Funkstown: Slavery in Foggy Bottom
By Frank Leone April 16 marked D.C.’s Emancipation Day – the date in 1862 when President Lincoln signed legislation freeing enslaved...
Foggy Bottom Association
May 2, 20233 min read
FUNKSTOWN – FBHD House History Map launched at DC History Network!
By Frank Leone and Denise Vogt The FBA History Project shared its new Foggy Bottom Historic District House Map with many of the 675...
Foggy Bottom Association
Apr 11, 20233 min read
Funkstown – The Magnolias of Foggy Bottom’s Rawlins Park
By Frank Leone They are not as well-known as the Cherry Blossoms at the Tidal Basin, but Foggy Bottom shelters its own pink blooms in...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 26, 20232 min read
Funkstown – Geo. Washington Slept in Foggy Bottom: The Peter House
By Frank Leone In the late 1700s, George Washington would occasionally ride up from Mt. Vernon to visit the brand new national capital...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 15, 20233 min read
JOIN US AT THE DC HISTORY CONFERENCE - March 23-25, 2023
At the Martin Luther King Public Library. The DC History Conference is a FREE interdisciplinary, community conference with presentations...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 11, 20231 min read
Funkstown: Foggy Bottom’s Outstanding Women Leaders
By Frank Leone In honor of Women’s History month, we profile just a few of the women citizen activists who provided leadership to the...
Foggy Bottom Association
Mar 11, 20234 min read
GW Hatchet Op-ed: "Enrich your time in Foggy Bottom"
By Frank Leone and Denise Vogt Feb 13, 2023 3:01 AM Denise Vogt and Frank Leone are the co-chairs of the Foggy Bottom Association...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 26, 20234 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s Lost African American Churches and Community
By Frank Leone During Black History Month, we recognize that Foggy Bottom is blessed to have St. Mary’s Episcopal Church [1] (728 23rd...
Foggy Bottom Association
Feb 15, 20234 min read
Funkstown: Find Foggy Bottom on this Extraordinary 1802 Embroidered and Painted Map
By: Frank Leone and Denise Vogt City of Washington maps from the early 1800s do not identify Foggy Bottom by name, but you can still see...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jan 28, 20233 min read
Funkstown – Urban Change in the 1950s and the Birth of the Foggy Bottom Association
By Frank Leone The 1950s transformed Foggy Bottom through renovation of historic buildings, new apartment construction, urban renewal...
Foggy Bottom Association
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Funkstown – The Three St. Mary’s Courts
By Frank Leone St. Mary’s Episcopal Church is the Renwick-designed, Tiffany-windowed gem of Foggy Bottom. The historic church (728 23rd...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 20, 20223 min read
Reclaiming the Foggy Bottom Waterfront
By Frank Leone We have the opportunity to reclaim the area west of the Foggy Bottom Historic District to the Potomac River, that “dense...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 3, 20223 min read
FUNKSTOWN – The Highway that Ate Foggy Bottom
by Frank Leone The area stretching from the Foggy Bottom Historic District west to the Potomac River is a maze of expressways, ramps,...
Foggy Bottom Association
Dec 3, 20223 min read
Funkstown – Ward 2 Heritage Guide – including Foggy Bottom – Published!
By Frank Leone The excellent D.C Historic Preservation Office has been issuing Heritage Guides of Washington’s eight wards over the past...
Foggy Bottom Association
Nov 20, 20222 min read
Funkstown – Foggy Bottom’s John J. Earley – The Man Who Made Concrete Beautiful
By Frank Leone The GW Deli is a well-known cultural landmark, but right next door is an unrecognized historic landmark – the John J....
Foggy Bottom Association
Nov 11, 20222 min read
Who’s Been Sleeping in Your House? (Researching House Histories)
By Denise Vogt The 1950 census is available for everyone to view on a free, dedicated website from the National Archives:...
Foggy Bottom Association
Oct 14, 20221 min read
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